Dpla\Uhu

General Information
Symbol	Dpla\Uhu	Species	D.planitibia
Name	Uhu element	FlyBase ID	FBte0000195
Feature type	natural transposable element
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Sequences & Components
Complete element (bp)
Terminal repeat (bp)
Reference sequence	transposon_sequence_set.embl.txt.gz
Component genes
Sequence Accessions
	DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank X63033 X63034 X63035
Sequence Ontology (SO)
Transposon type	transposable_element
Insertions & Copy Number
Copy number and comments
Search for	All insertions of this transposon Insertions in the sequenced genome Insertions in other genomes
Target Site Duplication
Size (bp)
Orthologs
Curated drosophilid orthologs	Dhet\Uhu
Comments
	Distribution of the Uhu element is studied in several species of the Hawaiian Drosophila. An inverse correlation between the copy number and the age of the island on which the species is epidemic exists suggesting a relationship between speciation and the activity of the transposable element. (Wisotzkey et al., 1997) DNA sequence of three Dhet\Uhu isolates has been determined, and compared to sequences from four other Hawaiian species, D.silvestris, D.differens, D.planitibia and D.picticornis, and D.melanogaster. The element arose at least 5Myr ago, at the time of divergence of D.picticornis from the other species examined. Uhu elements may have been transmitted vertically and that transposition may have been activated at the time of the formation of each species as it colonized the newly formed islands of the Hawaiian archipelago. (Brezinsky et al., 1992)
Other Information
Etymology

External Crossreferences
Sequence Crossreferences
	DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank X63033 X63034 X63035
Other Crossreferences

Synonyms & Secondary IDs ( 3 )
Reported As
Symbol Synonym	Dpla\Uhu uhu (Biemont and Cizeron, 1999)
Name Synonym	Uhu element
Secondary FlyBase IDs
	FBgn0012671
References ( 3 )
Research paper	Biemont and Cizeron, 1999, Genetica 105(1): 43--62 Distribution of transposable elements in Drosophila species. [FBrf0111330] Wisotzkey et al., 1997, Chromosoma 106(7): 465--477 Biogeographic analysis of the UHU and LOA elements in the Hawaiian Drosophila. [FBrf0099782] Brezinsky et al., 1992, Genetica 86: 21--35 Evolution of the transposable element Uhu in five species of Hawaiian Drosophila. [FBrf0056184]